How do I know if a remote machine is using Windows or Linux?
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00:00 How Do I Know If A Remote Machine Is Using Windows Or Linux?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 19
It isn't definitive but nmap will do this with the command nmap -O -v (see docs for more details) If you're running windows or want a gui, look at zenmap
ANSWER 2
Score 12
If you're on an IPv4 network, just use ping. If the response has a TTL of 128, the target is probably running Windows. If the TTL is 64, the target is probably running some variant of Unix.
ANSWER 3
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One way to go is to use NMap. From the response, it can guess the remote OS.
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Package: xprobe 'OR' xprobe2
Description: Remote OS identification
Xprobe2 allows you to determine what operating system is running on a remote
host. It sends several packets to a host and analyses the returned answers.
Xprobe2's functionality is comparable to the OS fingerprinting feature in nmap.
Example:
$ sudo apt-get install xprobe
$ sudo xprobe2 -T21-23,80,53,110 ###.###.###.###
Reference:
http://www.sys-security.com/html/projects/X.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xprobe/